Who painted “The City Rises”?

“The City Rises” was painted by Umberto Boccioni in 1910. Where to see it: Museum of Modern Art.

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Futurism: repeated, overlapping forms and diagonal 'lines of force' that suggest motion; Cubism shows still objects from many angles, Futurism things in motion.

Umberto Boccioni (19 October 1882 – 17 August 1916) was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Wikipedia

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“Dynamism of a Cyclist”, 1913
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“States of Mind I: The Farewells”, 1911
“Development of a Bottle in Space”, 1912
“Farmer at work”, 1908
“Riot in the Gallery”, 1910